Jacques Goudstikker.
Dutch Jewish art dealer refugee whose collection was seized by Nazis (1897–1940)
Argentina court orders return of Nazi-looted portrait found in real estate listing
An 18th-century painting known as Portrait of a Lady, looted from Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker during the 1940 Nazi invasion, has been ordered returned to his heir, Marei von Saher, after the daughter of a Nazi official agreed to relinquish her claim in Argentina. The case highlights the ongoing, global effort to restitute Nazi-looted art, with court rulings, settlements, and donors tied to ensuring the work is eventually exhibited to raise awareness of Holocaust-era crimes.
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About Jacques Goudstikker
Jacques Goudstikker was a Jewish Dutch art dealer who fled the Netherlands when it was invaded by Nazi Germany during World War II, leaving three furnished properties and an extensive and significant art collection including over 1,200 paintings, many of which had been previously catalogued as "Old Masters". The entire collection, which had been surveyed by Hermann Göring himself, was subsequently looted by the Nazis. Between the two World Wars, Jacques Goudstikker had been the most important Dutch dealer of Old Master paintings, according to Peter C. Sutton, the former executive director and CEO of the Bruce Museum of Arts and Science. Despite efforts of Goudstikker's widow after the war to regain possession of the collection, it was not until after her death that the Dutch government finally restituted 202 paintings to the Goudstikker family in 2006. To finance efforts to reclaim more of the stolen art, a large portion of them were sold at auction in 2007 for almost $10 million.
Everything about Jacques Goudstikker →- Occupation
- art collector, art dealer
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Born
- August 30, 1897
- Died
- May 16, 1940
- Website
- https://goudstikker.com